As reported before, all the “.goutputstream-xxxxxx” files are temporary files that GLib uses in file write activities. However, these buffer files aren't deleted when an operation was cancelled. Currently, a fix was committed for this bug (see #104).
Now, let's focus on the other part of the problem. On every session close, LightDM needs to clean ~/.Xauthority. According to #28, there can be lines in .Xauthority that shouldn't be erased, though the last line seems to stand for the current session and should be deleted when the session is closed. I don't know well how it works, but some process (most likely XAuth) is called to remove the last cookie of .Xauthority. It works fine when you only close your session, but when you shutdown from an open session, it looks like LightDM doesn't take time to close it properly before shutting the whole system down. o_O That results in a “.goutputstream-xxxxxx” containing all the ”permanent” cookies of .Xauthority. If you delete .Xauthority, these permanent cookies will disappear, so you will only get null-sized “.goutputstream-xxxxxx”... and a much lighter .Xauthority on next reboot. ;-) And it seems to cause no other problems, according to http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?pid=11588001#p11588001 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to glib2.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/984785 Title: .goutputstream files polluting $HOME Status in The "G" Library - GLib: Fix Released Status in Light Display Manager: New Status in X.Org X server: New Status in “glib2.0” package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in “lightdm” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “glib2.0” source package in Precise: Triaged Status in “lightdm” source package in Precise: Invalid Bug description: .goutputstream files polluting $HOME. Which software or operation is creating these and why? ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: xauth 1:1.0.6-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia & ati ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Apr 18 13:29:31 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xauth UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/glib/+bug/984785/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
